Entries by Paul

Posted on 03 August, 2018 at 14:26 The broad basics of funeral insurance in NZ are the same. All funeral covers will pay an agreed tax free cash amount lump sum quickly to your nominated beneficary for the purposes of paying for your funeral (and related expenses). You choose an amount of cover suitable for […]

Posted on 20 June, 2018 at 04:21 Based solely on the cover amounts selected by our customers over the last 6 months we can say that around 40% choose $7500 and a similar (maybe smaller) amount choose $10000. Certainly these two cover amounts (or those in between) make up around 70% – 80% of all […]

Posted on 8 June, 2018 at 04:50 If you watch a bit of day time television you will probably have seen more funeral insurance ads promoting the Cigna Funeral Cover and the AA Funeral Plan than you would care to remember. Those two funeral plans are the most widely advertised and as a result are likely […]

Posted on 20 February, 2018 at 1:50 A standard funeral cover is available to those aged 30 to 85 but the age entry points do differ between insurers. For example, Pinnacle Life covers new customers from age 30 but at the oldest ages you then have the Partners Life funeral plan available to those up […]

Posted on 24 January, 2018 at 4:45 AA Funeral Cover, Cigna Funeral Insurance and Pinnacle Life Funeral Plan plus numerous other funeral plans NZ are all worthy of consideration. There is no ‘best’ funeral insurance plan as such as the policies do differ from insurer to insurer and the premiums definitely can vary widely between […]

Posted on 17 December, 2017 at 20:45 Funeral Insurance is typically taken for the specific purpose of paying for your funeral (although you can take a little more cover if you think you may want to clear any other debt, say a credit card or small loan). For the purpose of paying for your funeral […]

Posted on 17 December, 2017 at 20:45 Yes, it is possible in some instances although more often that not the signature of the insured person is required. While this always sounds a bit sinister it is not of course, we often are contacted by family wanting to arrange cover for their parents (usually) who would […]

Posted on 17 December, 2017 at 19:30 One big point of difference is that each funeral cover NZ insurer has different age entry points and sum insured options. For example with Cigna Funeral Insurance they provide cover for those aged 50 to 85 and sum insureds from $5000 to $30000. Pinnacles funeral plan NZ has […]

Posted on 17 December, 2017 at 19:30 There is no reason at all why you cannot have multiple funeral plans in place at one time. You can have one with every insurer if you really want, your only constraint is how much you can afford. Because of the unique nature of funeral insurance NZ, ie […]

Posted on 17 December, 2017 at 19:25 Standard funeral insurance covers in New Zealand are all guaranteed acceptance so have no medical criteria to meet. Generally they all have the same 2 year stand-down period for death by natural causes. Most also have fixed premiums that do not increase as you age. There is a […]